Dr Owusu Ansah, a member of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), for the 2023 African Games has revealed to Happy Sports that talent identification will be the criteria used in the selection of athletes for Team Ghana ahead of the Games.
The LOC paid a working visit to Happy 98.9FM on Monday 1 March 2021 to outline their plans and activities ahead of staging the Games next two years.
Team Ghana is set to be assembled this year to prepare for the Games and according to Dr Owusu Ansah, athletes will be selected based on their talent.
“We are going to use Talent identification to build team Ghana and that is highly possible we can place within our target for the Games. In Congo Brazzaville, we went with over 250 athletes and placed 20th.
“In Morocco, we went with about 75 athletes and placed 15th. The difference is that with Brazzaville, they used the selection to build Team Ghana to go and compete but with Morocco, they used talent identification and that is why 75 athletes won more medals than the 250 people.
“It also happened in Abuja when they used talent identification to select athletes and Ghana placed 10th and also won more medals.
“So with what is going to happen, we can use talent identification to build Team Ghana and win more medals. So we want the people to give us the trust that Ghana will deliver”.
Ghana will be hosting the 13th edition of the African Games in 2023 with preparations already underway.
